RABAT, Morocco, Moroccan security services, arrested a Swiss citizen, over suspected links to the previously arrested people, following the murder of two foreign tourists, in a mountainous area in central Morocco, the Interior Ministry said.

According to a statement from the ministry, the suspect, who also holds a Spanish nationality and resides in Morocco, was arrested in the tourist hub of Marrakesh.

The statement said, the man is suspected of being involved in providing training to other arrested people, and engaging in the recruitment of Moroccan and sub-Saharan African citizens, to terrorist organisations in Morocco.

The bodies of two women tourists, a Danish and a Norwegian, were found on Dec 17, near the tourist village of Imlil, 60 kilometres away from the city of Marrakech.